Improvement in house hay-fokis



l @uiten gister: Eintritt @Hirsi H1B-AM c. STOUFFER AND ABRAHAM lSTOUFFER, oF BEVER To Wisin?1 omo.

Leiters Panni No. 75,486, dated March 1o, 186s.

T0 AYALLy WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that we, H. C. STOUFFER undA..SToUFFER, of Bever township, in the countyfot' Mahoning, and

Stato of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Forks; and we do hereby declare that the following isa. full and complete description ofthe construction and operation of the snme,.ret`ere'nce being had to the accompanying dra-wings, mnkingu part of this specification," in which- Figure 1 is a. view of the fork closed.

Figure 2 is a. view of the fork open.

Like-letters refer to like pur-ts. A, tig. 1, representsthe shaft or shank ofthe fork, to the lower end of which is pivoted, et the point zo, the

tine B. To the heel ot' `this tine is pivoted the heel'of the tine C, and also the lower end of -the link-D, at the same point. The tine C is also connected to the shaft: by the cur-ved link E by pivoteil connections. The upper end of the link D is connected to the shaft by the trip-lever F, and by which the tines are operated as follows, viz: On depressing' the free end ot' the lever F to the position shown in iig. 1, the link D will be reisedupwnrd,

und, in so doing, will drow up the heels of the tines, each heel act-ing as the minor arm of a. lever, the fulcro of whichure the pivots :a a1', By this inovement of-the link, it will be obvious that the tines'B C, the major arms of the lever, will be tlrrown out to the position shown in lig. 2, and which will be retained thus by the free ond of the lever F being caught by the catch G, said catch passing through the lever, a. slot being made in the end for its admission. i v A The practical application of this fork is ns follows: The tines orebrought together, as shown in tig. 1, and thus thrust into the hay, which may be supposed vto be n loud standin` by the mow. i The tines are then thrown out by raising the free end of the lever to the positionshown in iig. 2, and secured thus by the catch referred to. The fork is then drawn upward by pulleys, towhich it is attached by the loop H, and, with the lifted hay,

is carried by appropriate meri-ns over the mow. 4The fork is then sprung by al'cord, Luttoched to the catch,

which, on being pulled upward, is disengaged from the lever, and the weight of the hay on the tines will draw them together, and the hoydrops into the desired pluee.

What we claim 'as our? improvement, and desire to secureby Letters Potent, is The tines B C, links E D, und shaft A, in combination with the lever F, all constructed und arranged to operate in the manner as set forth.

HIRAM C. STOUFFER,

ABRAHAM STOUFFER.

Witnesses:

W. H. Brummen, J. HOLMES. 

